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TAYLOR NOTES.
TAYLOR, DAK., Sept. Is, 9

TAYLOR, OAK, Sept. Is, 81.
Threshing is now under full head
way and the three machines are put
ting in full time.
F. /. Ellison, of Mandan, was in
town Tuesday.
Mrs. Hunker, Of Eichardton, visit
ed Mrs. VIM. Hccht this week.
Any person in Stark county wishing
to get hold of a good work horse
weighing eleven hundred pounds for
$40, worth S75, in cash or wheat at
| 90 cents per bushel can do so by call
ing on w. j. Larson, merchant, of
this place.
Mr.. Hood, of the Mandan roller
mill. was in town, Tuesday, looking
after their elevator business.
School opened last Monday with
Miss White of Gladstone, rs teacher.
Landerman Bros. of Mandan, were
in this vicinity last week putting cat
tie out to the farmers on the shares,
They contracted with Fred. Myers
to take fifty head, Ole Olson and Louis
Peterson fifty head. Andrew knewt-
son twenty head and John Peterson,
of Knife river, fifty head, John Gun.
we'll, who went to Minnesota q few
weeks ago. returned last Saturday
with a car load of young cattle which
he took to his farm north of Taylor,
John Fredritson has also purchased
of Geo. Beisigl, of Dickinson, seven
teen head of young cattle. From the
above it seems that our farmers are
at last getting on the right track
Raise more stock and less wheat anC
everybody will be better off. Farm
ers commend the action of the PRES!
in advocating diversified farming anC
the raising of more stock, cattle
horses and sheep.
The steam thresher, while wOrkin:
at p. j. Tracy's, set fire to the straw
pile that had been placed near the Ell
CINE for fuel. 1t burned the coal DO,
from the engine and almost destroyed
Mr.. Tracy's wagon which was stand
ing lei When discovered the e
morning the fire had gone out of it
own accord.
On Sunday last, j. X. Slack, a prom
inent stocklnan, of Knife river, in at
tempting to cross a slough mircd hi
!, pony and in attempting to get it on
lie "a using spade which accidell
tally penetrated his foot, making
severe wound. He had another pom,
near by which he mounted and rod
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How to get Government Land in the
Bismarck District.
TIE HOMESTEAD

ltlE. L..NH
Law gives the head of IA family,
male OF female. the right to enter Il
I uartcr section. 100 acres. of vacant
land if he or she is Il native born citi-
zen of the United States, OF if foreign
born has taken out ''lirst papers, y
single man Tor single woman) over
81 years Of age is given the same
chance. Within six months of date
of entry the party must build II house
OH the land taken and begin living in
it. Ii lie lives OH and farms it for
five years. title is acquired by proving
those facts and paying the land office
fees, four OF eight dollars-the latter
the highest figure. If at amy time be-
fore the five years run out the home-
steader wants to pay for his land. he
can do so. The price per acre is $l.25
and $3.50. The cheaper price rules
on lands forty miles from the North
ern Pacific railroad. and the higher,
$3.50, within that distance.
An eN-soldieT, who served in the
rebellion more than ninety days. gets
the time he served Tor ii discharged
on account of disability the
whole time for which he
enlisted) deducted flom the five
years. His army service, to the eN-
tent of four years, counts as so much
residence. The original fees at the
land office are &l4 and SlS--the for
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GLADSTONE NEWS.
GLADSTONE, OAK, Sept. Is, ;;
School began last Monday.

GLADSTONE, DAk., Sept. 10. o.,
School began last Monday.
]. J. DeFrance Of Richardton, was
in town to-day.
Mr.. Jack Frost" put in his appear
ance last night for the first time this
fall.
Mr.. Jas. G. Saunders, of this place,
has been awarded U. $. Government
survey, contract No. %, said survey
consists in running the Sth standard
parallel meridian from range SO in
Morton county, to range % in Hettin'
ger county; also, the 18th, 18th and
18th auxiliary meridians to the 9th
standard parallel, including all the
range and township lines. Mr.. Saun'
ders has given the required bonds OF
$4,000 and upwards, with Robert and
G. w. Lee AS sureties. He has order
ell new instruments and work will be
gin in a few weeks.
Ira Lawrence is another happy man
1t is a daughter and came last Sunday
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mer for sl.o5 land and the latte. for

mer for $l.25 land and the latter fol
50. so land.
THE PRE-EMPT1ON LAW
Requires some act of Improvement
by the applicant himself, and Il filing
costing two dollars as the first steps.
Then actual residence. cultivation of
the soil and payment at $l.25 or $3.50
per acre. according to location. This
payment is not required before two
years and nine months. Any time,
however. after six months residence
and cultivation the payment can be
made and title had.
TIE TIMBER CULTURE ACT.
Under this law Il quarter section, 100
acres. is allowed the qualified man or
woman, resident OF nonresident, who
pays $l4 fees and thereafter breaks
or plows five acres the first year, cul-
tivates it the second year and plants
to forest trees, cuttings or seeds the
third year; and beginning the second
year breaks another five acres and
cultivates and plants the third and
fourth years. When he gets his ten
acres (the lawful area) planted, he
keeps the trees cultivated and in good
growing condition for four years
more, or eight years from date of
his entry. If ut that time he can
show $3.50 healthy trees he will be
granted title upon paying 81, land
office fees. JOHN n. REA,
Register
u. S. Land Office. Bismarck. ID. T
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Petition of J.. S. Baldwin and 9th.
ers for opening of highway granted,
and said highway opened as follows:
commencing at northwest corner of
section l, township l3o. range %. run.
ming thence north Oh section lines to
northwest corner of section |, town.
ship 140. range %.
On motion of Commissioner Under.
hill, the county treasurer was credited
with the sum OF Sl64.s2, being errors
in tax list 1885.
Commissioner Underhill, the com.
mittee on bridge over Knife river, re.
ported that he had made a contract
with II. +. Eidemm to erect said
bridge for slO5, that being the lowest
offer. The report was received and
approved and committee continued.
Bills were audited and allowed as
follows:
DR.. V. II. Stickney, services
and printing. county board
of health, % 40
j. Riessbeck, services us Co.
Assessor, D w
A. Nordberg, rent for Wiese
family, two months, IL 90
Chas. Wilson, printing COM
missioners proceedings and
notices, 8 90
S. w. Loomis, boarding Geo.
Ruggles to Sept. /, IL 70
j. w. Gruschus, boarding pris-
oners, washing, etc. OIL IS
j. a. Farrah, supplies for
clerk of district court, l 80
Geo. Aud, Express charges
on books and postage, s IS
j. A. Farrah, Interest and ex.
change on county bonds, l Is
DR.. V. II. Stickney, medical
services to poor, (Wiese,
Fades, Ruggles and Edgell.) 43 SO
II. j.. Dickinson, care of poor
(Edgell and Eades,) 20 0C
J. A. DeFrance, Supplies to
poor, (Wiese), % 90
G. NJ. DeFrance, supplies to
poor. (Miller.) Is a.
j. E. Mcdonald & Son, sup
plies to county offices, l 81
DR.. j. b. Mcdonald, medical
services to prisoners. 2 50
Dickinson Drug Co, supplies
to county..otices and Jail, Is Sc
Board adjourned to Monday, Octo'
Der 3, 1887.
GEORGE AUD,
County Clerk,
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Notice Of Dissolution.

The firm heretofore doing business
under the name of Ray & Collister, ut
Dickinson, Stark county, Dakota, has
this day been dissolved by mutual
consent. The business will be con.
Quoted m,ler the firm lame of Coils
ter & Company. All outstanding a e
counts, for or against the old firm,
will be collected and paid by the new
tirlA. WILLIAM RAY,
JAMES COLLISTER.
Dated at Dickinson Sept. end 1887.
sept 3.3w.
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A T ACCIDENT.
John F. McNair, a Northern Pacific
Brakeman, Killed Near South Heart.

On Monday morning the citizens of
Dickinson were shocked to learn that
John F. McNair. one of their number.
had met with a fatal accident near
South Heart, about eleven O'Clock
Sunday night, while in the discharge
ofhis duty as brakeman for the North
ern Pacific railroad company. The
train broke and Z came apart and
after this was discovered the engineer
began to back the front part OF the
train to re.couple and Mr.. McNair
went back from the engine for the
purpose of making the coupling, which
was the last seell of him alive. How
the accident occurred is not fully un-
derstood and never will be, but the
horrible fact is that in some manner,
either by accidentally stepping off or
being thrown from the rear of the
the backing train, lie was caught by
the wheels and instantly killed, the
front portion of the train passing over
his body in backing up and the whole
train afterwards. The sad news
caused universal SORROW. IL Mr.. Nc
Nair was a gentleman highly esteemed
by his associates among the railroad
men and our citizens for the many
good qualities he possessed. He was
married to an estimable and highly
respected young lady. Miss Jennie \.
Stanliiirl, on July Bird, at the resi-
dence OF her parents near Gladstone
and received the congratulations of a
host of friends who little thought that
in less than three months such scenes
of happiness would he turned into the
deepest sorrow and Il happy bride LETT
| IL widow. Coroner Ellison held an in-
uuest ON Monday evening and exam
inel the train men which brought out
nothing definite, or materially differ.
| ent from that above stated, except
that they did not miss him until the
train arrived here when they took the
| engine and went back to look for him
and found his remains. The verdict
| of the Jury. a. billiard. \. G. McGilli-
vray and John Slatcher, was that he
came to his death by accident in fall
ing from the cars and that no II was
to blame. Funeral services were held
ut the church Tuesday morning at
1890 o'clock. conducted Ivy Rev. Van
dalsam and attended by the railroad
men and most all our citizens, who
turned out to pay a last sad tribute of
respect to one they honored and re-
spected. Mr.. McNair was % years
of age and leaves a mourning widow,
father. who lives in Colorado, sister,
and brother. +. +. McNair, to grieve
over his loss. They have the sympa-
thy of the whole community in the
sad afliction and us II mark of respect
| the railroad men have trimmed the
cabooses running ON the west end of
the Missouri division in mourning.
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twelve or fifteen miles to notify his
neighbors and then to Dickinson to
have his wound dressed, where lie is
still stopping under the care of Il ply.
stefan. Henry Plaggmier, II. G. Quin-
ion and John Gunwell went Ito
the place described by Mr.. Slack,
found the pony and after some diff
Guilty succeeded i'll getting it out al
most dead from exhaustion. 1t is now
doing we'll.
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Card Of Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Standitird desire,
through the columns of the PRESS, to
return their sincere thanks to those
who so kinkly and willingly rendered
assistance and comfort to their daugh'
ter, Mrs. McNair. during her sad be-
reavement. Their Kindness will long
be remembered and appreciated.
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Stare Room to Rent.

A good store to rent on Barnes
street. For particulars apply to
Thos. II. Ryan, on the premises.
aug 97.tf.
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The first frost of the season to do
any damage was that of "Wednesday
night which killed all kinds of vines.
Roots and corn We're not affected.
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Driskill & Sol shipped forty-fve
cans of cattle this week to the Chicago
market. w. w. Driskill superintendent
the SHIPMENT.
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Rev. johnson breaches in the church

Rev. johnson breaches in the church
tomorrow. Sunday. evening ut $3.50.
j. X. Slack, of near Taylor, met
with Il painful accident last Sunday.
His pony became mired in a mud
hole and while trying to shovel il out
he accidentally stuck the corner Of
the spade into the top of his foot cut
ting a severe cash.
A wrestling match between Engi-
neer KearneS and Brakeman Hazel
ton took place on the depot platform
"Wednesday morning. The contest re-
suited in two falls for each, 50 we are
Informed. but if UaZleton's breeches
had held out he would have probably
got the best of kearnes.
Rev. L. G. Dayton writes us from
Edinburgh, Scotland, Oh August Goth,
stating that he had just heard of his
brother Beniamin's death which oc-
CURED several weeks ago while OF his
way from Europe. Rev. Dayton is
now on his way home, his trip
through Enrope being cut short by
the sad news.
Fred. ". ]Doty, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Minnesota &
Northwestern railway, the new st.
Paul and Chicago line. was a passen-
ger on the east bound y. p. train,
Friday. Mr.. Doty is Il rustler for bu-
siness and his road is the one that has
created so much stir among the older
Chicago lines by cutting rates and
working for the public outside the
combination.
1t is said that two Dickinson ladies
concluded to take IL hunting expedi.
ton Oh the prairie a short time since
and equipped themselves with ;rstich
of candy and tin rattle box. Just
how they were to operate is not posi-,
lively known, but it is supposed they
intended to entice the ti,nid %antelope
near them by the sweet candy and
then scare them to death with the tir
rattle box. This was a great scheme
and we are sorry it could not be test
ed, on account of losing the rattle box
as had it proved successful Ii ANA
teur nimrOds would have been saved
considerable expense in purchasing
ammunition. .
]. X. Shipley has a farm OH Ante
lope creek south of here and is wei
pleased with the results of this season
He brought to town. Thursday, sam
Piles of grain and vegetables TO b,
shipped to the Minneapolis exposition
Among them We're potatoes weighin,
three pounds. tnrnips weighing clever
pounds. large onions. and ears of corr
fourteen inches long. we'll filled an
plump. Mr.. Shipley has Il field o
5 of this corn which will yield, by ae
tual measurement. 100 bushels to til
acre. This lie says is better than h
ever done in Iowa and he pronounce
| this a first class corn country. TIL
| satisfactory yield is the natural resul
: of good soil and thorough cultivation
S and proves beyond a doubt that goo
results may be expected with prope
modes of farming.
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A teachers institute for the coun.
ties of Stark, Morton. Oliver and Mer-
Ger is to open in Mandan October II,
and cnutiule several layS.
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Edmond Hughes, of Antelope, was
in town Saturday with Il wagon load
of fine cabages which he disposed of
to our merchants.
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WHY WILL YOU cough when
Shilol's Cure will give immediate re.
lief. Price 10 cts. 50 cts, and 81.
For sale Ivy Dickinson Drug Co.
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Have you seer the new line of wall
paper and crockery ut the Dickinson
Drug Co.! If not drop in and take u
look at them, it will do yon good.
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Dad Slatcher has Il complete stock
of Grst-class tin ware at bottom
prices for cash. 1t will! pay you to
buy of him,
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Omcial Proceedings Of the Board Of
County Commissioners.

DICKINSON. DAK., Sept. 5, 81.
Board of commissioners met pursu
ant to adjournment: Commissioner
Dickinson, chairman and Commits
sioner Underhill present.
On motion of Commissioner Under
hill, refunding orderin favor of Peter
Leutz for $3.50 was ordered drawn,
for road tax paid by work and in cash.
On motion of Commissioner Under
hill, a warrant was ordered drawn up
on the interest and penalty fund in
favor OF j. a. Farrah, county treasnr-
er, for account Of interest on county
bonds, for 1922. Also, that $500
from the interest and penalty funl be
transferred to the general fund.
Board adjourned to September 9th.
SEPTEMBER 9th, Board met pursuant
to adjournment, commissioners all
present.
On motion Of commissioner Under.
hill, warrants he drawn in favor of all
school clerks and %treasurers for SIC
each.
On motion of Commissioner Under
hill, the tax levy for 1857 was appor'
tiopod &c fnllnwa.
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/ will move my office to the Law
renee l. Collister block over Clock &
Langdon's store, the Goth Of Sseptem-
Der. Entrance up the stairs, by DR..
Stickney's Office. DR.. E. NJ. Holt, resi-
dent dentist, Dickinson, Oak.
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Three rooms in second story of
PRESS building for rent; suitable for
residence, office or sleeping rooms.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-17

Willis and Howard Eaton were in
town Saturday from their ranch in
the Bad Lands. They will ship some
cattle from here later in the season.
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A wrestling match between Engi-
neer Kcarnes and Brakeman Hazel
ton took place on the depot platform
Wednesday morning. The contest re-
suited in two falls for each, SO we are
Informed. but if UaZleton's breeches
had held out he would have probably
got the best of kearnes.
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. THE REV. GEO. II. TH.AYER. of
Bourbon. Ind. says: '.Both myself
and wife owe IL lives to SHILOIIS
CONSUMPTION CURE" Dickin-
son Drug Co.
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b. a. Lawrence left Oh Friday for
Chicago in charge of a train of cattle.
He will go on to his old home, Frank.
lin county, n. y. before returning.
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FOR DYSPEPSIA and Liver Com.
plant, You have a printed guarantee
OH every bottle of Shiloh's NitaliZer.
1t never fails to cure. For sale by
Dickinson Drug Co.
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Rev. McCosky, formerly pastor of
the PRESBYTERIAN church at Mandan,
has been transferred to this place.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-17

SHILOH'S CATARRH REMEDY;
a positive cure for Catarrll, Diptheria
and Canker Mouth. For sale hy Dick
inSOn Druw Co.
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ID. O. Sweet has leased the livery
and sale stable ut Medora and took
charge of the same this week. We
are sorry to see him leave Dickinson.
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b. F. Ferris shipped five cars Of
cattle Thursday.
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ARE YOU MADE miserable by
Indigestion, Constipation, Dizziness.
Loss of Appetite. yellow Skin! Shi
loh's NitaliZer is a positive cure.
For sale by Dickinson Drug Co.
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Highest cash price paid for wheat
and oats by Clock & L%angdon.
The Dickinson press., 1887-09-17

II. j. Whitley and wife spent sew
eral days this week, visiting the fam
lily of Commissioner Underhill.
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Western Starr returned from Chi
cago last Saturday.
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A NASAL INJECTOR free with
each bottle of shiloh S Catarrh Rene.
dy. Price so cents. For sale by
Dickinson Drug Co.
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Born OH Sunday, Sept. 18th. at their
home near Gladstone. to MI. and Mrs.
Ira Lawrence, a ten pound girl.
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School opened last Monday with
fifty scholars in attendance and it is
expected that this number will be in.
creased to about eighty i'll a short
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J. J. Freeman. who has SO faithful
ly managed the business of the North
ern Pacific at this point. rs agent. for
the past three years. resigned this
week and will devote his time to the
drug business. Mr.. Freeman was an
accommodating agent and leaves the
service of the company with a good
record, His successor. Mr.. Bardwell
comes well recommended as a thor
oughly competent agent. lie was
formerly cashier for the company at
Mandan.
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We ne elected to mention last week
that Chas. sDeadrick, who spent the
summer with II. c. Quinion, had left
for Bagley, Iowa and we are informed
intends returning to Stark county next
spring with a young bride to begin
welded life.
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SHILOH'S CURE will Immediately
relieve Group, Whooping Cough and
Bronchitis. Dickinson Drug Co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
Forms of the Bank Bill.

The American bank bill has followed
the form of the American letter envelope.
For paper money. if paper money must
be used, it is the most convenient posi-
bic. But there is a prejudice against
that form in Europe. The notes of the
Bank Of England and the Bank of France
are scarcely less in size than an old fash
Toned blanket newspaper sheet. A draft
given by an English or French bank is
still larger. Your tailor in Paris gives
you a receipt that, after several times
folding, you manage to cram it into your
pocketbook A queer idea of business
attaches to these huge pieces Of paper.
They will tell You that small drafts, bank
bills and receipts do not look business
ike-that is to say whether there is bust
ness or not. it is desirable to make a show
of it.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18
The Alaskan's IntOxicant.

During course of wears. commencing
with the Russian occupation of the coun
try. before the cession of the province to
the United States, and subsequent to that
time, men of our country found lucra-
tive business in the sale of molasses and
sugar to the Alaska Indians. From these
two substances they make drink which
they call hoochenoo. and it is Just a lit
tie worse than the lowest grade of Hes
ter street whisky. In fact it is almost
pure alcohol. slightly discolored. The
Indians manufacture it for their own
consumption, and for the use of their
friends, but it is rarely sold by them to
one another. They make sort of a
mash from molasses and dirty brown
sugar. This they put into large cal
dron over IA slow fire.
Some of them have considerable me-
Chanical ingenuity, and they make a
crude sort of still out of tin. The
pieces are cut out for the worm. one In
dian holds them in place while another,
with bar of solder and hot iron fast
ems them together. They patch on piece
after piece, until they have completed a
rude sort of a worm. and then their still
is ready. They understand the process
of condensation of the vapor in the
worm and know how to get the distilla-
ton out of it. Then they double and
triple dstill this product, and in the end
have a liquor that you or I would not
dare to drink, unless we wanted at once
to experience all the horrors of delirum
tremens. The stuff is simply terrific in
its power. When the process of manu-
facture is completed they store it away
in bottles for use. The hoochenoo is
distilled only in the most inaccessible
parts of Alaska, as the sale of large
quantities of sugar or molasses in the
more thickly settled portions Of the coun-
try is prohibited and Indians who are
known topossess quantities of either COM
modify are closely watched.-Lieut. II,
I. Monahan in Brooklyn Eagle,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-18

But here we are in the midst Of British
luxury, five minutes above large town.
with tennis courts and dashing drives.
Often the ceiling cloth follows the rafters
to the ridge pole, as in my sleeping room,
which thus has lofty dome. But the
sound of creatures that move without
feet is as revelrous and gloomy and
frightful and startling in that crevice,
that bag like reptile room, as it is when
they have the space of regular garnet to
knock and throw themselves around.
Them means wildcats, civet cats,
scorpions, muskrats, common rats and
serpents. There is no yowTing like that
of the unhappy cats of cities in America;
no noise except the locomorion and the
delicate squeak of the musky mice at
play, and the louder protest of the rats
when they are being swallowed alive by
the snake. -Ceylon Cor. Chicago News.